Butternut Squash Soup

87 comments

Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2011

Forget cream and spices. The secret to squashier squash soup is concentration.

SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 1 hour

has video

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For soup with intense squash flavor, many recipes will roast the squash to rid it of excess moisture and concentrate its flavor. But what if you don’t want to turn the oven on? For our soup, we start by microwaving large chunks of squash to...

Print